Dining, drinking and cooking. Negotiating between hedonism and health. Sock it to me.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Weekend Report

Friday night André and I hung out with our colleagues from the firm at 50 Plates. Highlights included an intriguing Algonquin, made from rye, dry vermouth and pineapple juice. They also have a great new drink called the Linda. Go in and ask Lance to make you one. Then run.

Saturday Autumn and I checked out the House Spirits open house, where Gwydion Stone's Absinthe Marteau debuted. Extraordinary. I also tasted the saffron vodka from Sub Rosa. It tasted kind of like curry - yummy, but I'm not sure what I would do with that. Any ideas?

Then that evening I made kasha varnishke for a friend's potluck. I am a West Coast, 21st century Jew. I go to work on the high holy days and I got my kasha varnishke recipe not from the matriarchs of my family but from Mark Bittman, aka The Minimalist, on nytimes.com. Well, that's how it goes. (Bittman, at least, is a fellow M.O.T.) It was still super good, and hopefully will keep my skinny goyish boyfriend from blowing away in the breeze.

3 comments:

Wildwood on NW 21st. is using the Sub Rosa Saffron vodka to make a drink called "Indian Summer". If I remember right it uses 1 1/2 oz. Saffron vodka; 1/2 oz. lemon juice; 1/2 oz. Patron Citronage orange liqueur; 3 oz. house-made peach puree with a salt and pepper rim. Quite delicious. Serratto also on NW 21st and Carafe on SW Market are both making very nice drinks using the Saffron vodka.